During the time of the visit of the Australian Minister for Navy and Air, Mr William McMahon, ...

Place Asia: Korea
Accession Number HOBJ3800
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Hobson, Phillip Oliver
Place made Korea
Date made c 1 December 1952
Conflict Korea, 1950-1953
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

During the time of the visit of the Australian Minister for Navy and Air, Mr William McMahon, three officers out in the field. Left to right: Captain John D. Burke, Personal Assistant to Commander 1st Commonwealth Division, Major General M. M. Alston-Roberts-West. Burke was commissioned in the 30th Battalion (NSW Scottish Regiment), served as a Platoon Commander C Company, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), Korea, before being posted as Personal Assistant to Commander 1 Commonwealth Division late in 1952; a British Officer, 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, and Lieutenant unknown, Australian Army Provost Corps.